Elain
#15,928 most common girls' name of all time · #26,289 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1918–2024
Rank among girls
#15,928
Rank overall
#26,289 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
260
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1947 #3,369
Best rank
#3,107 1929
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Elain first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,507 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,418 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,533 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,101 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,302 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,618 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,649 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,557 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,345 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,043 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,439 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,674 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,459 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,655 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,037 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,319 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,181 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,373 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,112 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,872 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,952 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,249 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,680 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,701 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,040 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,551 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,616 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,001 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,195 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,620 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,937 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,696 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,891 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,917 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,743 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,107 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,623 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,328 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,405 |